Université Alassane Ouattara, UFR : Communication, Milieu et Société, Département : Anglais

M1 Lexicology exam, session 1, academic year 2016-2017

1. The external structure of the word is its ___. b. subordinative

a. morphological structure c. with direct order
b. semantic structure d. with indirect order
c. morphemes 12. Conversion is characterised by ___
d. none a. affixation
2. Which is NOT a sub-branch of Lexicology? b. part of speech change
a. etymology c. both a and b
b. word formation d. none
c. stylistics 13. ___ is/are the sub-type(s) of conversion
d. lexicography a. substantivisation
3. A morpheme consists of ___ b. attributive phrase formation
a. different morphs c. both a and b
b. allomorphs d. none
c. lexical morphemes 14. Which is NOT a graphical abbreviation?
d. grammatical morphemes a. initial
4. Articles are ___ b. acronym
a. lexical free morphemes c. blend
b. grammatical free morphemes d. hybrids
c. lexical bound morphemes 15. Phraseological units are characterised by ___
d. grammatical bound morphemes a. unity of form and meaning
5. Lexical meaning of morphemes does NOT have ___ b. motivation
a. denotational component c. all mentioned
b. connotational component d. none
c. part-of-speech component 16. In lexical semantics the word meaning can express ___
6. Differential and distributional meaning characterizes ___ a. a logical and psychological category
a. monomorphic words b. an emotive nuance
b. polymorphic words c. both a and b
c. stems d. none
d. roots 17. Context is of particular interest in ___
7. According to their external structure words can be ___ a. referential approach
a. compound b. functional approach
b. combated c. operational approach
c. combined d. both a and b
d. joint e. both b and c
8. Presence of pseudo-morphemes leads to ___ 18. The word lexical and grammatical meanings ___
a. complete segmentability a. are independent of each other
b. partial segmentability b. do not influence the word combinability
c. defective segmentability c. both a and b
d. conditional segmentability d. none
9. Prefixes change ___ 19. The basic type of lexical meaning aspects is ___
a. lexical meaning a. denotative
b. part of speech b. connotative
c. both a and b c. pragmatic
d. none of those d. both a and b
10. What is NOT a feature of block compounds? 20. A positive or negative attitude to phenomena is
a. unity of stress, expressed by __ connotative component
b. solid or hyphenated spelling, a. stylistic
c. semantic unity, b. emotive
d. unity of morphological and syntactical functioning c. evaluative-expressive
11. Compounds whose both components are semantically d. intensity
independent are classified as ___ 21. The pragmatic aspect of lexical meaning ___
a. coordinative a. depends on the context
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 b. depends on the co-text a. semantic synonyms
c. is an objective semantic feature b. stylistic synonyms
d. is not subject to lexicology study c. phraseological synonyms
22. A direct connection between the structural pattern of the d. contextual synonyms
word and the meaning of its components is ___ 30. Only ___ can be absolute and derivational
a. idiomaticity a. synonyms
b. reference b. antonyms
c. morphology
c. paronyms
d. motivation
d. homonyms
23. The differentiation of synonyms may lead to ___
31. Transnomination is a way of ___ development
a. semantic change
b. polysemy a. neologisms
c. similarity / contiguity of meanings b. archaism
d. both a and b c. historism
e. none d. obsolete word
24. Denotational meaning change results in ___ 32. Native elements in English are NOT characterised by __
a. amelioration of meaning a. high frequency
b. deterioration of meaning b. high combinability
c. restriction of meaning c. high derivational potential
d. extension of meaning d. high number
e. both a and b 33. The process by which an extension of the meaning of a
f. both c and d word by analogy with a term in another language is ___
25. Connotational meaning changes result in ___ a. borrowing proper
a. amelioration of meaning b. translation-loan
b. deterioration of meaning c. semantic borrowing
c. restriction of meaning d. loan blend
d. extension of meaning 34. The institutionalized and performance varieties are the
e. both a and b types of ___
f. both c and d a. native English
26. The ways of semantic development of a word are ___ b. non-native English
a. radiation c. international English
b. concatenation d. all of them
c. split of polysemy e. none
d. both a and b Practicals
e. both b and c 35. The suffix –er in signer has ___
f. all a. lexical meaning
g. none b. grammatical meaning
27. Componential semantic analysis deals with ___ c. both a and b
a. semes d. none
b. sememes 36. The suffix –er in signer has ___
c. binary opposites a. differential meaning
d. all of them b. distributional meaning
e. none c. both a and b
28. Homonyms are classified according to ___ d. none
a. spelling 37. In unsystematic there are ___ bound morphemes
b. sound forms a. one
c. grammatical meaning b. two
d. both a and b c. three
e. all 38. According to the root principle what is the ultimate
f. none constituent to be identified first in superprivileged?
29. The words identical in their meanings and styles but a. super-
different in their combinability with other words are ___ b. privilege
c. –ed 2/3
39. The segmentability of the noun container is ___ b. morphologically
a. complete c. semantically
b. conditional d. not
c. defective 51. In to soil the reputation the verb soil is ___ motivated
40. The suffix –ing can NOT be classified as ___ a. phonetically
a. noun-forming b. morphologically
b. adjective-forming c. semantically
c. verb-forming d. not
41. The adjective hot-tempered is ___ 52. In a tough problem, the adj. tough demonstrates ___
a. coordinative and syntactic a. metaphorical semantic change
b. subordinative and syntactic b. metonymical semantic change
c. coordinative and asyntactic c. ironical semantic change
d. subordinative and asyntactic 53. The noun girlfriend is an example of ___
42. Which of the following is a compound proper? a. restriction of meaning
a. brick-floored b. extension of meaning
b. printing-shop c. amelioration of meaning
c. mind-reader d. deterioration of meaning
d. homesick 54. The meaning a pointer on a clock of the noun hand is__
43. The noun handout is created with the help of ___ a. primary and central
a. blending b. secondary and marginal
b. back formation c. primary and marginal
c. conversion d. secondary and central
d. composition 55. Which seme differs old maid from bachelor?
44. The abbreviation etc. [< et cetera] is ___ a. [aged]
a. graphical b. [married]
b. lexical c. [adult]
c. initialism 56. Which of these words is a hypernym?
d. acronym a. boil
45. The word Frenglish results from ___ b. grill
a. blending c. fry
b. composition d. cook
c. abbreviation 57. played (past simple) and played (past participle) are ___
d. back-formation a. perfect homonyms
46. The noun beaut results from ___ b. homographs
a. blending c. homophones
b. composition d. homoforms
c. abbreviation 58. Which of these is the synonymic dominant?
d. back-formation a. purchase, v.
47. The phraseological unit brain gain ___ b. shop, v.
a. is formed on the basis of a free word-group c. buy, v.
b. is formed on the basis of a phraseological unit d. procure, v.
c. is a synonym of brain drain 59. The nouns brain drain and brain gain demonstrate ___
48. The adjective tiny has ___ type of connotative aspect a. complementary oppositeness
a. stylistic b. converse oppositeness
b. emotive c. directional oppositeness
c. evaluative-expressive d. traditional oppositeness
49. The adjective sonny has ___ type of connotative 60. The noun school [OE scōl , from Lat. schola school,
aspect from Gr. skholē leisure spent in the pursuit of
a. stylistic knowledge] is ___
b. emotive a. a borrowing proper
c. evaluative-expressive b. a translation loan
50. The verb click is ___ motivated c. a semantic borrowing 3/3
a. phonetically d. a loan-blend